Principal Engineer, Modeling & Controls Engineering

Principal Controls Engineer – Data Center Controls

We are seeking a talented, highly motivated, results‑driven Engineer to lead the design, development, and delivery of robust, production‑ready control solutions for data center platforms. The role focuses on data center HVAC systems, including chillers, cooling plants, fan coil units, liquid cooling solutions, and supervisory plant controllers.

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of robust, production‑ready control solutions for data center platforms by ensuring compliance with customer and technical requirements, industry standards, and best practices.
• Define scalable control architecture for data center HVAC platforms.
• Lead the design and development of advanced control strategies that optimize performance, energy efficiency, and system robustness, including supervisory optimal control, model predictive control, robust and adaptive control, fault‑tolerance control, etc.
• Lead decomposition of system‑level requirements into control functional specifications.
• Support the development and calibration of physics‑based plant models.
• Support system‑level commissioning activities, including startup strategy definition, control sequence validation, and tuning in real operating environments.
• Drive project execution by setting clear technical goals, managing timelines, and coordinating teams.

• Master of Science in Control Systems, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Chemical Engineering.
• 15+ years of advanced controls system experience.

• PhD.
• Experience with data center cooling or high‑reliability plant‑level HVAC control system designs.
• Proficient knowledge of controls engineering foundations, including feedback control, linear/nonlinear control, multivariable control, system identification, and constrained optimization and predictive control.
• Proven experience implementing model predictive control, or optimization‑based supervisory control in real‑time energy‑efficient system design.
• Experience in advanced estimation techniques, including moving horizon estimation in real‑time systems.
• Familiarity with real‑time optimization algorithms and associated modeling approaches.
• Experience commissioning of chiller plants, liquid cooling systems, supervisory plant controls.
• Proficient in the use of MATLAB‑based toolsets including Simulink to design, implement, and test embedded controls algorithms.
• Excellent communication skills and a proven track record of delivering results through effective teamwork.
• Experience in requirements management and system integration, specifically test strategies across model‑in‑the‑loop (MIL), software‑in‑the‑loop (SIL), and hardware‑in‑the‑loop (HIL) domains.
• Knowledge of acausal modeling languages such as Modelica.

The annual salary for this position is between $ – $ annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range include, but are not limited to, skills, education, experience, and other unique qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is entitled to short‑term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.

• Health Care Benefits
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  Medical, Dental, Vision;
  Wellness incentives
• Retirement Benefits
• Time off and Leave
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  Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation
• Disability
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  Short‑term and long‑term disability
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
• Tax‑Advantaged Accounts
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  Health Savings Account;
  Health Care Spending Account;
  Dependent Care Spending Account
• Tuition Assistance

Carrier is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. Carrier provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.

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